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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. LOCKWOOD, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

HEAD-REST.

Specicaton of Letters Patent No. 27,058, dated February 7, 1860.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. LooKwooD, of the city of New York, State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Head Rest or Supporter for theHead; and I do hereby declare that the followinfr is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsand to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a support for the headby means of a strap passing around the body and connected with strips ofmetal, or other material, resting upon the chest or shoulders whichstrips, at their upper extremities are connected with a similar strippassing behind the head, which last named strip is covered with acushion or pad.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is a perspective view,showing the mode of applying` my said invent-ion; Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the supporter; Fig. 3 is a section of a portion ofit.

I take five pieces or strips of steel, each of about 9 inches in length,and of suitable width and thickness, marked in Fig. 2 as A, B, B, and C,C. Piece A I attach to the pieces B, B, by means of a rivet at each endof it; and the pieces B, B, and C, C, I connect by a sliding joint; thestrap,'D, passing around the body and through holes made in the lowerends of the pieces C, C. Attached to the strip A, is a cushion or padfor the head to rest upon, which pad may be fastened permanently or soarranged as to slide on and off the strip. The pieces B, B, and C, C, Icover with leather or other suitable material, and, if desired, paddingmay be introduced between the covering and the strip.

It will be seen, that when the pieces are all connected as abovedescribed, the pieces B and C, on each side of the chest, will answerthe same purpose as a single stri of steel on each side would do,running rom the strap around the waist to the support rback of the head;and that they will, on each side of the head, by means of the rivets inpiece A, form such an angle as the convenience of the wearer mayrequire. It will also be seen that when the strap D, is securelyfastened around the waist, and made to connect with C, C, as abovedescribed, the chest or shoulders present the fulcrums upon which theweight of the head will rest.

The mode of construction above described will enable the apparatus to beso folded up that it may conveniently be carried-its entire length beingof course no greater than that of one of the pieces.

I do not confine myself to the material named for the construction ofthe pieces or strips, their number, or the manner of connecting themwith each other, or to the mode of securing the lower ends of the stripsC, C, in their places.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A supporter for the head by the combination and arrangement of the partsA, B, B,

C, C, and strap D, substantially as above described.

J. W. LOCKWOOD. Witnesses:

HORACE ANDREWS, C. F. WETMORE.

